Tuesday 31 July 2012 07.13 EDT
First published on Tuesday 31 July 2012 07.13 EDT

London 2012 Olympic organisers have announced that batches of tickets for the next day's events will go on sale every evening in an effort to defuse the row over empty seats.

Locog said it had clawed back a further 3,800 tickets, across 30 sessions and 15 sports, from international federations to put on sale overnight. Almost all of them had gone by the morning.

The move follows widespread criticism from ticketless fans after TV pictures showed the world's top swimmers and gymnasts competing in front of partially full arenas. Members of the armed forces have been drafted in to fill seats in several events.

Under the plans Locog, the International Olympic Committee and the sporting federations will meet each evening to agree which blocks of tickets can go back on sale that night. Tickets could appear on the London 2012 ticketing website after midnight for sessions starting the next morning.

Locog said that by selling the tickets only online it would allow people across the country to have a chance to purchase seats. But with such tight timeframes the system appears to favour people who live close to the venues.

Many people have complained that they cannot complete the transaction on the website even when tickets appear to be available.

On Monday Locog said it had sold 600 tickets for gymnastics sessions, 700 for beach volleyball and more than 100 for swimming.

In a further move, the number of children who are in the Olympic Park ready to take up empty seats in venues will be increased from 150 to as many as 400.

Did you manage to get any tickets in the resell? How long did it take you and what events did you get tickets for? Tell us about your experience of attempting to get resell tickets on the Locog website in the comments section.